Igor Cherstich Actor

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Italian actor. Croatian descent. Meisner trained. Passionate about cultures and languages. Fluent in Italian, English and Arabic. Dual citizenship (Italian and British). Strong believer in the preternatural power of story-telling, good writing and truthful acting.

Overview

NationalityItaly, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

LanguagesEnglish – British (mother tongue), Italian (mother tongue), Ancient Greek (fluent), Arabic – modern standard (fluent), Latin (fluent), French (basic), Spanish (basic)

BornPescara, Italy, Abruzzo

Age range32 - 42

Height188 cm

Ethnic typesArabic, Balkan, Mediterranean (fair), Middle Eastern, Middle Europe/Caucasian, Roma, Slavic/Eastern European, Turkish/Kurdish, White

Place of residenceLondon - England (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Possible accommodationRoma - Latium (Italy), Edinburgh - Scotland (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Bruxelles - Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest (Belgium), Madrid - Madrid (Spain), Nice - Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur (France), Milan - Lombardy (Italy), Palermo - Sicily (Italy), Siena - Tuscany (Italy), Urbino - Marche (Italy), Warsaw - Mazowieckie (Poland), Zadar - Zadarska zupanija (Croatia), Sydney (Australia), Westlake Village (United States of America), Pescara - Abruzzo (Italy), Cambridge - England (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Berlin - Brandenburg (Germany), Doha (Qatar)

MembershipsActors Equity Association (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
NIAL - Native Italian Actors in London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Artisti 7607 (Italy)
The Actors Centre (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Contact

International Actors London

Contact: John Rachel

Alternative contact details:

http://www.ialagency.com

ialagents@gmail.com

+ 44 203 318 57 32

2 Bloemfontein Road Tel: +44 203 3185732

W12 7BX London
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

La Bottega degli Attori S.r.l.

Contact: Fabio Saccani

Alternative contact details:

http://www.labottegadegliattori.it

+39 389 4787113

labottegadegliattori@gmail.com

+39 339 8486056

+39 06 7022936

Piazza Ragusa, 42
ROMA
00182 Roma
Italy

Skills/Talents

Languages English – British (mother tongue), Italian (mother tongue), Ancient Greek (fluent), Arabic – modern standard (fluent), Latin (fluent), French (basic), Spanish (basic)

Dialects Abruzzo (native dialect), Molise (fluent), Campania (good), Sicilian (good)

Accents Abruzzo (native accent), British (native accent), Italian (native accent), Arabic (very good), Campania (Italy) (very good), East European (very good), French (very good), Marchigiano (very good), Molise (Italy) (very good), American (good), Apulian (good), Sicilian (good), Tuscan (good)

Dance Ancient dance (basic)

Singing. Ballad (good), Blues (good), Punk (good), Rock (good)

Vocal pitch / Dubbing voice Tenor baritone

Musical instruments Bongo drums (good), Electric guitar (good), Guitar (good), Percussion (good), Bass guitar (basic), Harmonica (basic), Ukulele (basic)

Sports Swimming (very good), Boxing (good), Cycling (good), Jogging (good), Basketball (basic), Stage fighting (basic)

Driving licences / Other permits Driver’s licence car

Other Skills Alexander Technique, Composer, Improvisation, Journalist, Narration, Painting, Storytelling, Translator, Workshop Director

Appearance

Age range 32 - 42

Height 188 cm

Build Slender

Colour of eyes Brown

Colour of hair Light brown

Hair style straight short

Twin No

Ethnic types Arabic, Balkan, Mediterranean (fair), Middle Eastern, Middle Europe/Caucasian, Roma, Slavic/Eastern European, Turkish/Kurdish, White

Training

2021 Workshop
Artisti 7607 Workshop
Ennio Coltorti, Il Gioco Serio dell'Attore, Acting Truthfully, 8 Weeks
2018 Voiceover Surgery, Gftb, High Edwards & Peter DIckson, Vocal Techniques, one to one session
2015 Acting studies
Impulse Company, London
Meisner Technique - Second Year - Scott Williams
2014 Acting studies
Impulse Company, London
Meisner Technique - Modular Year Course - Scott Williams
2013 Acting studies
Drama School at City Lit
Drama Foundation Diploma - Movement, Voice and Acting techniques - Modular Year Course
2013 Workshop
London Actors Workshop
Improvisation and Meisner technique - One Year- Third Person Company - Mark Phoenix
2012 Workshop
City Lit
Diction and Vocal Tehcniques, 5 Weeks
2004 Acting studies
Scuola di Recitazione del Teatro Marrucino
Theatre School - Movement, Voice and Acting Techniques - Two Years Course
2003 PhD in Social Anthropology, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

CV CV - Television & Streaming CV - Film CV - Theatre CV - Commercials CV - Audio CV - Other


CV - Television & Streaming

2024
Sandokan

Lux Vide

Television series

Adventure

Jan Michelini
Directed by

Labuan Prison Guard
Actor in Episode

2020
Underdogs Collective

Underdogs Collective

Jack Blossby
Directed by

Igor
Actor in Episode

2017
Last Wish

Network/Distributor: Pilot

Other

Jel Djelal
Directed by

Altan
Actor in Episode

2011
Dispatches , Episode 27

Network/Distributor: Channel 4

Television series

Alex Kiehl
Directed by

Patient
Supporting Actor

CV - Film

2025
Waiting

Nymeria Productions

Short film

Alessandro Marchese
Directed by

Patient
Lead

2020
Dante' s Project

L'AltroFilm

Other

Diana Dell'Erba
Directed by

Declamatore della Divina Commedia
Guest Role

2020
The Kicked Dog

George Telfer/Radicalmedia

Short film

Max Hemmings
Directed by

Lewis
Guest Role

2020
The Homework's Revenge: Esther in Wonderland

Lucky Pineapple Films

Feature film (cinema)

Nicole Russin MacFarland
Directed by

Peter
Supporting Actor

2018 - 2019
Il Ballo delle Meduse

FreeSide Films - Decima Rosa

Feature film (cinema)

Aurelio Laino
Directed by

Duca
Lead

2018
Death of Adam

Core 4

Short film

Johnny Rodriguez
Directed by

Adam/Agamemnon
Lead

2018
Rannygazoo

Short film

Jonathan Coote
Directed by

Mysterious Man
Small Role

2018
Heartfelt

LCC

Short film

Dila Kavur
Directed by

Mark
Small Role

2017
Blood Ties

Bedfordshire

Short film

Drama

Jahanara Begum
Directed by

Father
Supporting Actor

2016
Switch

SGO Productions

Short film

Aneil Karia
Directed by

Watcher
Supporting Actor

2015
The Fame Factor

Westminster

Short film

Tre Gibbons
Directed by

Kurt Gordon
Lead

2011
The Last Moments

Sangoid Productions

Short film

James Franklin
Directed by

Booz
Lead

2006
Silenzio Assenso

Aria in Testa Productions

Short film

Alessandro Bianco
Directed by

Client
Supporting Actor

2006
Il Giudizio Universale

Jonia Films

Documentary

Luca Krstic
Directed by

Illustrator
Small Role

CV - Theatre

2018 - 2019
In Nome della Madre (Erri de Luca)

Compagnia del Cucco

Theatre

Davide Cherstich & Mariella Rotondaro
Directed by

Accuser
Speaker/narrator

2018
The Great Belzoni (Chris Bush)

Sir John Soane Museum - London

Theatre

Emma Miles
Directed by

Giovanni Belzoni
Lead

2016 - 2017
Cena Bizantina

I Bizantini

Street theatre

Giuseppe Valentini
Directed by

Pancrazio
Ongoing Role

2016 - 2017
Macbeth

Macbeth

Theatre: East London Shakespeare Company - Ye Old Rose and Crown Theatre - London

Theatre

STEFANO REALI
Directed by

McDuff
Supporting Actor

2015
References to Salvador Dali make me Hot

Reduced Circumnstances - Leicester Square Theatre - London

Theatre

Kamaal Hussain
Directed by

Benito
Lead

2014
Othello

Impulse Company - Actor's Centre - London

Theatre

Scott Williams
Directed by

Othello
Lead

2014
Venus in Fur

Impulse Company - Actor's Centre - London

Theatre

Scott Williams
Directed by

Thomas
Lead

2014
Cena Bizantina

I Bizantini

Street theatre

Giuseppe Valentini
Directed by

Athanasio
Supporting Actor

2014
Looking for Pasolini

Ars in Fieri - Judith Wilson Theatre - Cambridge

Theatre

Ludovico Nolfi
Directed by

Pietro
Lead

2014
Looking for Pasolini

Ars in Fireri - Schlosskellar Theater - Saarbrücken

Theatre

Ludovico Nolfi
Directed by

Pietro
Lead

2013
Henry V

City Lit Theatre - London

Theatre

Vernon Thompson
Directed by

Henry V
Lead

2013
Medea

City Lit Theatre - London

Theatre

Mark Phoenix
Directed by

Jason
Lead

2013
Cena Bizantina

I Bizantini

Street theatre

Giuseppe Valentini
Directed by

Pancrazio
Supporting Actor

2009
La Traviata

Arena Gabriele D'Annunzio - Pescara

Opera

Opera

Paolo Trevisi
Directed by

Matador
Member of Ensemble

2005
Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth

SOAS - Bloomsbury Theatre - London

Theatre

Florence Hoddus
Directed by

Ghost / Grave Digger / Osiric
Supporting Actor

2003
Sei Personaggi in Cerca d'Autore

Compagnia del Teatro Marrucino - Teatro Marrucino - Chieti

Theatre

Sabatino Ciocca
Directed by

Primo Attore
Lead

2002
Antologia di Spoon River

Compagnia del Teatro Marrucino - Teatro Marrucino - Chieti

Theatre

Alba Bucciarelli
Directed by

L'Ubriaco
Lead

2002
Donna de Paradiso

Compagnia del Teatro Marrucino - Teatro Marrucino - Chieti

Theatre

Sabatino Ciocca
Directed by

Jesus
Lead

CV - Commercials

2022
Argos

HLA

Simon Ratigan
Directed by

Window Cleaner
Small Role

2018
Introducting Hitrecord

Hiterecord

Other

Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Directed by

The Artist
Cameo

2017
The Hitrecord Shorts Showcase

Hitrecord

Image film

Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Directed by

Artist
Small Role

2017 - 2018
Promo Giocherenda - UNHCR

Giocherenda

Image film

Clelia Bartoli
Directed by

Face on Dice
Cameo

2016
Gigi Proietti for Green Network Energy

Green Network Energy

Commercial

Erminio Perrocco
Directed by

Bassanio
Supporting Actor

2015
Cannes Lions Promo 2015

Making Pictures

Commercial

Dan Forti
Directed by

the Creative
Lead

2014
William Lawson's Whiskey

Nonsense

Commercial

Rob Mosley
Directed by

Chelsea Football Fan / David Luiz
Supporting Actor

CV - Audio

2025
Sandokan (Dubbing in Italian)

Lux Vide

Dubbing

Leslie La Penna
Directed by

Guardia
Actor in Episode

CV - Other

2020
Promo per The Riddle of Dzoom

Viral video

Alida Pantone
Directed by

Libyan Arabic Speaker
Small Role

2019 - 2020
Internal Training - Home Care Products

Growth Partnership International

Corporate/industry film

Gill Jackson
Directed by

Customer
Lead

2019 - 2020
History of Circles

Installation

David Burrows
Directed by

The Dictator
Speaker/narrator

2018
Hospital Escape Terror, Computer Game Promo, 02 Arena

VR Zone Portal

Event

Horror

Steph Jones
Directed by

Main Torturer
Lead

2018
Di Fino Atellier

Other

Di Fino Atellier
Directed by

Model - Clothing

2014
Tropics / Rupture

Compulsory Productions

Music video

Chris Toumazou
Directed by

Client
Small Role

2014
The Golden Steps

Web series

Harry Ter Haar
Directed by

Stefano
Actor in Episode

2012
Hair Dresser Workshop

Brooks & Brooks

Event

Brooks & Brooks
Directed by

Hair Model
Other

2007
Sugnaria / Andrea Piermattei

Aria in Testa Productions

Music video

Alessandro Bianco
Directed by

Fisherman
Supporting Actor

2003
Promotion Iper

Event

Laura Pizzuto
Directed by

Thin Santa
Lead